I went to an anti-tech rally, where Gen Z dressed as gnomes and smashed iPhones. Here's what I learned.

• I joined dozens of others for a rally in New York to learn what the Luddite movement was all about. • Attendees gave anti-tech speeches, smashed Apple products, and advocated for real-world connections. • "We have given ourselves the power to amuse ourselves to death," one rallygoer told me.

You won't find much about the modern Luddite movement online.

By design, those embracing it are ditching smartphones and deleting their social media accounts. My editors, however, spotted a Substack post that mentioned a coming rally and dispatched me to learn more about this offline movement the only way you should: IRL.

And so I found myself on a sunny early fall Saturday on the High Line, an elevated public park in Manhattan that is often crowded with tourists posing for selfies, at an anti